Extending Through Plate Patents (Class 248/56)
  • Patent number: 8716602
    Abstract: Cable grommets for use with raised-floor tiles permit the passage of cables while simultaneously limiting the amount of cool air escaping from under-floor ducts and plenums. The cable grommet includes a floor tile mounting flange, one or more pairs of opposed, overlapping finger assemblies, and one or more pairs of opposed finger mounting flanges for coupling the finger assemblies to the underside of the floor tile mounting flange. The edges of the of the triangularly-shaped fingers are configured to flex around the cables while the interior core section remains generally rigid and parallel to the plane of the floor to restrict the loss of cooling air. Alternatively, the cable grommet includes a floor tile mounting flange and a finger panel defining a sinusoidal cut along its length and a plurality of intersecting short cuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Cottuli, Manuel D. Linhares, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8701246
    Abstract: A grommet device and method of using a grommet device is provided. A top structure has a top surface. An aperture having a central axis is positioned interior of the top structure. A sidewall is formed around the aperture and connected to the top structure. The sidewall is positioned substantially perpendicular from the top surface of the top structure. At least two upper protruding structures are connected to the top structure at different locations along the top structure, wherein each of the upper protruding structures extends into the aperture. At least two lower protruding structures extend from the sidewall at different locations along the sidewall, wherein each of the lower protruding structures have a flexing portion extending into the aperture, wherein each of the upper protruding structures are substantially radially aligned with the flexing portion of each of the lower protruding structures, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Kraig Herman Allen
  • Patent number: 8704098
    Abstract: First and second grommets are each positioned in contact with vehicle body panel surfaces through which a wire harness through-hole has been bored. The first and second grommets are each integrally formed from rubber or an elastomer with a small diameter tubular portion, to which a wire harness is adhered, then inserted and fixated by tape-winding, and with a large diameter tubular portion extending from one end of the small diameter tubular portion. One portion of a stud bolt fixatedly inserted into a bolt hole bored in the peripheral rim of the wire harness through-hole on the vehicle body panel and protruding from both surfaces of the vehicle body panel passes through a bolt hole provided on the first grommet and is fixated by a nut, while another portion of the stud bolt passes through a bolt press-fitting hole provided on the second grommet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Narihiro Agusa
  • Patent number: 8704099
    Abstract: A grommet includes a small diameter tubular portion to which a wire harness is tightly fitted and inserted therethrough, and a large diameter tubular portion continuous to one end of the small diameter tubular portion. A silencer made of rubber is fitted within the large diameter tubular portion. The silencer includes a flat circular piece blocking a central cavity of the large diameter tubular portion. A wire harness insertion hole is provided on the flat circular piece communicating with the small diameter tubular portion of the grommet. A slit is provided from the wire harness insertion hole to an outer peripheral surface of the flat circular piece in order to insert the wire harness into the wire harness insertion hole with sideways insertion. The slit is provided with an irregularly shaped line portion to inhibit separation, configured with a keyhole-shaped or a dovetail groove-shaped line between both ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Narihiro Agusa
  • Patent number: 8698011
    Abstract: A device for fixing a cable to a cable outlet connector, including a clamping sleeve, a spring element and a locking ring, whereby the spring element is in the form of an open ring whose ends are clamped between a supporting contour of the clamping sleeve and a driving contour of the locking ring, while the spring element is variable in diameter by means of a relative movement of the locking ring with respect to the clamping sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernard Schlegel
  • Patent number: 8695929
    Abstract: Apparatus for supporting one or more cables in a generally vertical orientation comprises a support structure extending along a generally vertical direction and a plurality of support blocks positioned along the vertical support structure. Each of the support blocks has one or more cable openings defined therethrough. The support blocks comprise a plurality of first group support blocks and a plurality of second group support blocks. The cable openings of the first group support blocks are aligned with each other, and the cable openings of the second group support blocks are aligned with each other and horizontally offset from the cable openings of the first group support blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Inventor: Martin Cox
  • Patent number: 8692122
    Abstract: A grommet is fit on a pipe harness formed by inserting a wire harness into a metallic pipe. The grommet has a small-diameter tube configured to allow insertion of the pipe harness therethrough in a tight manner. The small-diameter tube has an inner diameter B obtained by adding an allowable tolerance dimension ? to an outer diameter A of the pipe. Two annular ribs project from an outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter tube on the side of a distal end opening and a band winding portion is interposed between the annular ribs. An annular sealing lip projects from an inner peripheral surface of the small-diameter tube at an inner position displaced from a position corresponding to the band winding portion. The sealing lip has an inner diameter C obtained by subtracting the allowable tolerance dimension ? from the outer diameter A of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8692121
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to a method and apparatus to engage and suspend an electrical contact of a cylindrical and elongated configuration. In accordance with the invention and described is a hollowed out, cylindrical and elongated device having two pair of spaced apart cantilever beams which extend forwardly from a base to a pin receiving end wherein the counter levered beams of each pair are opposing each other and are equally spaced along the entire circumference wherein a pin like cylindrical object engages through the hollowed out portion and urges against the cantilevered beams in a fashion to increase the distance between the opposing beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventor: Volker von Detten
  • Patent number: 8686289
    Abstract: A sealing mechanism for a drop cable splice enclosure includes a base having an entry hole for receiving a drop cable inserted through a compression grommet assembly, from outside the enclosure. The cable can be prepared for splicing, outside the enclosure. The grommet assembly (and the optionally prepared cable) are inserted into the entry hole, from outside the enclosure. The assembly includes upper and lower pressure plates, a compressible grommet between them, and an adjustment mechanism to apply a compression force to the grommet. The grommet assembly is rotatable to lock it in a keyed section in the entry hole. The adjustment mechanism is then tightened, from outside the enclosure, to compress the grommet between the pressure plates, which seals the grommet in the enclosure base, at the same time sealing the cable in the passageway through the grommet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Channell Commercial Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Burke, Robert H. Gwillim
  • Patent number: 8674240
    Abstract: A frame for receiving one or more modules for cable entries or pipe penetrations. A compression unit is an integrated part of the frame in at least one embodiment, which compression unit is to compress the modules inside the frame. The compression unit includes three compression wedges. An upper and a lower compression wedge have the same orientation, while a middle compression wedge has an opposite orientation. The middle compression wedge is oriented with a broad side facing an opening of the frame receiving the modules. At least one compression screw goes through openings of the upper and lower compression wedges and through a slot in the middle compression wedge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Roxtec AB
    Inventors: Andreas Karlsson, Stefan Milton
  • Patent number: 8672275
    Abstract: A metal casing strip for a fire collar to be arranged around a duct has a line of succesive tongues and cutouts in the longitudinal direction of the strip. The tongues and cutouts are arranged in the strip in an alternating fashion. The tongues are bendable out of the surface of the casing strip such that in use, when the casing strip is arranged around a pipe such that two end regions overlap, an outwardly bended tongue from the one end region is inserted in a cutout of the overlapping other end region and folded over the edge of the cutout to retain the casing strip in the closed collar shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: J. van Walraven Holding B.V., Rolf Kuhn GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Van Walraven, Jurgen Wied
  • Publication number: 20140061394
    Abstract: A device for providing an electrical or fluid junction includes a connecting structure such as a plate that it is connectable with an end of a columnar component having a hollow profile, and a junction structure such as a housing that is connected to the connecting structure and that includes at least one opening for providing an electrical or fluid junction for an external plug and a further opening for routing a line from the electrical junction into the columnar component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Andreas Druegemoeller, Hans Peter Panzer, Martin Voegelin
  • Patent number: 8664543
    Abstract: An insulative wire-clipping bushing includes a main body, support frames and a pair of clip bodies. The main body has a first surface and a second surface, and the support frames are installed and extended from symmetric edges of the first surface, and ends of the support frames are bent inwardly to form a half-hood structure, and the pair of clip bodies are installed and extended from the first surface and disposed between the support frames, and the pair of clip bodies are installed symmetrically, and ends of the pair of clip bodies are bent inwardly to form a tapered hook structure, and a wiring space is formed between the ends of the clip bodies, so that the bushing can be passed into a through hole of an electricity distribution box to pass and install at least one wire and provide a clipping force required for clamping the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Best Exclusive Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Bi-Ju Chen
  • Patent number: 8664544
    Abstract: An attachment system for cables (7), in particular for wind turbines, has a base body (1, 3) securable to a support structure and forming cable bushings (5) with openings for cables (7). The openings can be closed by a cover (17) applying retaining forces to the cables (7). The cable bushings (5) on the base body (1, 3) are arranged at least over part of a ring, with an outside opening. The cover (17) has retaining bodies lockable to the base body (1, 3) for preliminary fixing of the cables (7) inserted into the cable bushings (5) and a tightening strap (17) encompassing the base body (1, 3) and applying retaining forces to the cables (7) via the retaining bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hydac Accessories GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Even, Burhan Yagci
  • Publication number: 20140048658
    Abstract: A back frame module includes a base plate, two locking plate members, a cable organizing plate, and a stowage plate. The base plate is adapted to be provided on a rear face of a display. The locking plate members, the cable organizing plate, and the stowage plate are selectively connected to the base plate. The locking plate members are adapted for mounting of a computer device therebetween. The cable organizing plate is adapted to stow a cable of the display or of the computer device. The stowage plate is adapted to stow an adapter of the display or other accessories. The locking plate members, the cable organizing plate, and the stowage plate can be selectively substituted by a support plate. The back frame module thus has various states of use to satisfy different user requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Aopen Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiung Chen, Yao-Wen Hsu, Shuang-Ji Jiang, Hong-Chang Liu, Wen-Hsi Tsai
  • Patent number: 8648259
    Abstract: A grommet for housing electrical wires constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure includes a mounting structure, a tube, and a plurality of stiffeners. The mounting structure is configured to mount to a panel of a vehicle, the mounting structure defining a first passage extending therethrough. The tube extends from the mounting structure and defines a second passage in communication with the first passage. The tube includes a corrugated portion having a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves interposed between the plurality of ridges. The stiffeners are interposed between those of the plurality of ridges that are disposed within a zone of the corrugated portion. The stiffeners extend partially around a circumference of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Gniewek, Takeshi Takahashi, Seiji Ito
  • Publication number: 20140021307
    Abstract: A cable strain relief device is provided, which includes a plate having at least two lateral notches. The lateral notches provide a gripping area for a cable to connect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Compagnie Industrielle et Financiere D'Ingenierie "Ingenico"
    Inventor: Duncan McLauchlan
  • Patent number: 8629350
    Abstract: A process turning disc includes a first flange configured to support a cable package in a first direction and a second flange configured to support a cable package in a second direction opposite to the first direction. A connecting member connected to the first and the second flanges is configured to support a cable package in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction. A cable guide is fastened to the process turning disc in a detachable manner and includes a cable clamp configured to support a cable package in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction. The cable guide further includes two sliding surfaces configured to support a cable package in the first and the second directions outside of the cable clamp. A bending movement of the cable package is thereby allowed in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the process turning disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Technology Ltd.
    Inventor: Joachim Ljungkvist
  • Patent number: 8592685
    Abstract: A wiring harness installation structure is provided which can reduce the installing cost of a wiring harness by omitting an operation of injecting a water stop agent into an interior of a grommet. A grommet 21 which is fittingly mounted in a harness through hole in a body panel 7 which separates an interior from an exterior of a vehicle compartment 1 is such that an extension tubular portion 25 of a required length which is fittingly connected to a protector 13 which lies adjacent to the grommet 21 is provided at a vehicle compartment exterior area side end portion 23a of a panel fitting tubular portion 23 through a center of which a wiring harness W is inserted, whereby an exposure of the wiring harness W in proximity to the grommet 21 is prevented by the extension tubular portion 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Masayoshi Kamenoue
  • Patent number: 8586881
    Abstract: A compression ring includes an outer surface opposing an inner surface, with teeth extending radially inwardly from the inner surface. First and second circumferential ends are complementarily interfittable, and are separated by a circumferential gap, allowing the compression ring to be compressable when being installed in a connector assembly. First and second axial ends of the compression ring are chamfered to facilitate compression. The teeth extend circumferentially from the first and second circumferential ends and are complementary to conduit threading. Each tooth includes first and second sides, with the first side perpendicular to the inner surface to resist pullout of a conduit from the connector assembly. The teeth terminate in sharp points for better gripping of unthreaded conduits. A compressed compression ring accommodates threaded conduits by complementarily mating with threading, and unthreaded conduits by biting into their outer surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Inventor: Sami Shemtov
  • Publication number: 20130256468
    Abstract: A device for fixing a hydraulic pipe of a boom swing type excavator includes a swing support, which is connected to the front end of an upper swing body so as to swing, a working device, which is rotatably fixed to the swing support, a first hydraulic pipe supporting hole formed in a top plate of the upper swing member so that a hydraulic pipe passes therethrough from the control valve in the upper swing member, and a second hydraulic pipe supporting hole formed in a top plate of the swing support at a position corresponding to the first hydraulic pipe supporting hole, limiting the shaking of the hydraulic pipe in the right and left directions when the working device swings, and guiding displacement in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventor: Young-Gon Han
  • Patent number: 8541698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a base plate (2) in a cable distribution cabinet. The base plate (2) is divided into two. The rear half (2a) can be folded down and the other half (2b) can also be inserted from the direction of the lower base chamber (3). The base plate (2) is sealed from the cables (15) with the help of sealing blocks (5) of a closed-cell foam and not by means of rubber grommets. The sealing blocks (5) have a height of several centimeters and, with that, a high sealing length. Any shifting of the sealing blocks (5) is prevented by threading them on guide rods (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Berthold Sichert GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Perschon, Günter Irmer
  • Patent number: 8541699
    Abstract: A module forming a part of a lead-through or transit for cables, pipes or the like is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the module includes two base parts forming an outer part of the module. Two holding parts form an inner part of the module. Inside the inner part, formed of the two holding parts a cable or the like is received. The inner part of the module is received turnable inside the outer part of the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Roxtec AB
    Inventor: Stefan Milton
  • Patent number: 8530761
    Abstract: A grommet includes a body having a first wall and a second wall. A passageway extends from the first wall to the second wall, and a service port extends from a first end adjacent to the first wall to a second end adjacent to the second wall. A first cap is integral with the first wall and covers the first end of the service port. Similarly, a second cap is integral with the second wall and covers the second end of the service port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Mohammed M. Baydoun
  • Publication number: 20130228657
    Abstract: The invention relates to a frame (1) for cable feedthrough systems. The frame (1) has a first frame part (10, 30) and a second frame part (10?, 30?), wherein each frame part (10, 10?, 30, 30?) has a recess (19, 19?, 39, 39?) and a projection (18, 18?, 38, 38?). The projection (18; 38) of the first frame part (10, 30) is suitably embodied for being inserted into the recess (19?, 39?) of the second frame part (10?; 30?), and the projection (18?, 38?) of the second frame part (10?, 30?) is suitably embodied for being inserted into the recess (19, 39) of the first frame part (10, 30). The first frame part (10, 30) further has a locking member (11, 31), and the second frame part (10?, 30?) further has a locking member (11?, 31?), wherein the locking members (11, 11?, 31, 31?) in the assembled state may detachably connect the first frame part (10, 30) with the second frame part (10?, 30?), wherein the locking members (31, 31?) have latch fasteners, or wherein the locking members (11, 11?) have sliding members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Dennis Sprenger, Jens Andersen, Wolfgang Rass
  • Patent number: 8507798
    Abstract: A sealing grommet, particularly for data centers and the like, formed of one or a pair of U-shaped frame sections, each co-molded with a thermoplastic elastomeric seal of corrugated wave form, with corrugated edges of the seals exposed at the open sides of the U-shaped frames. A pair of such grommet sections joined together, with the corrugated edges arranged to be in contact and in phase, provides a uniquely efficient seal to hold back air under pressure while allowing various pass-through elements, such as cables, hoses, etc., to be extended through the grommet and while enabling the pass-through elements to be easily added, removed, or rearranged as may be necessary to accommodate the dynamic changes experienced in the operation of a data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Jonathan Pettingill
  • Publication number: 20130199062
    Abstract: A support bracket for an upright tracer wire conduit proximate a pipeline riser with an above grade flange having bolt holes for receipt of mounting bolts. The bracket has a first hole sized to accommodate the mounting bolt shank diameter and a second hole spaced from the first hole and sized to accommodate a diameter of said upright tracer wire conduit. The bracket is thereby arranged for fastening to the above grade flange of the pipeline riser through alignment of the first hole of the bracket with one of the bolt holes of the above grade flange and fastening of the mounting bolt through said aligned holes in order to support the tracer wire conduit in an upright position extending through the second hole. A surface of the bracket facing away from the holes presents a label carrying area of the bracket for displaying identifying information concerning the pipeline or riser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventor: DeMichael A. Reid
  • Patent number: 8502079
    Abstract: A grommet includes a wire passage supporting a wire harness, a pinch-grip, and a connector. The pinch-grip is fixable to a vehicle body panel by pinching a peripheral edge of the panel surrounding a through-hole. The connector has an annular shape having a curved portion recessed to an inner periphery, the recessed portion extending in a peripheral direction. One end of the connector is joined to the wire passage and the other end is joined to the pinch-grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaru Shitamichi
  • Patent number: 8497435
    Abstract: A cable mounting structure for an electric apparatus is provided which ensures sealing properties, such as waterproof properties and dustproof properties, and which can effectively contribute to downsizing, while easing restrictions on the size of a connecting tool mounted on one end of a cable connected to an electric apparatus body. The cable mounting structure comprises a housing (10) for accommodating an electric apparatus body, a cable (11) connected to the electric apparatus body via a second connector (12) or the like, a grommet (20) mounted on the cable (11), a recessed housing section (15) provided in the housing (10), and a lid (30) for closing the recessed housing section. The recessed housing section is formed in a closed-bottomed tubular shape recessed inwardly of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Meidensha Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Nagata, Yoshitaka Higashi
  • Patent number: 8490815
    Abstract: Reversible nose faceplate. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems including a faceplate and a nose member. The nose member includes: an extension portion; a nose portion; a first abutting surface; a second abutting surface; a first set of ears coupled to the extension portion adjacent the nose portion; and a second set of ears coupled to the extension portion opposite the first set of ears. The nose member is configured to couple to the faceplate in multiple configurations, including: a first configuration in which the nose portion protrudes through a nose aperture of the faceplate in the direction of the front side of the faceplate, the first abutting surface abuts the back side of the faceplate, and the faceplate is affixed to the first set of ears; and a second configured in which the nose portion protrudes in the direction of the back side of the faceplate, the second abutting surface abuts the back side of the faceplate, and the faceplate is affixed to the second set of ears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: DirectConnect
    Inventors: Charles J. Provenzano, Michael Leung
  • Patent number: 8490928
    Abstract: A grommet is disclosed which couples with a component under a hood of an automobile. The grommet has an insertion end with four wipers, a body, and a retaining loop opposite the insertion end. The wipers are generally triangular in cross-section with a distal tip of the triangle sweeping toward the body so that when the grommet couples with an orifice in the component by pressing the insertion end into the orifice, the wipers deform, but resist insertion. Due to the angle of the wipers, the wipers resist decoupling of the grommet from the component. The retaining loop defines an opening through which a tube, pipe, and/or wires are placed and secured with a bolt that engages threads of a bolt hole in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Howard Saunders
  • Patent number: 8487197
    Abstract: An electrical fitting having a gripping device with a plurality of gripping tabs forming a helix or spiral. The gripping tabs have a twist creating increased pullout resistance and easier disassembly. The electrical fitting permits electrical metallic tubing or EMT to be quickly attached to and removed from the electrical fitting without disassembling the fitting or cutting the tubing. A body with a locking end having a plurality of griping tabs receives an end of the tubing pushed into the fitting. The gripping tabs securely hold the tubing preventing loosening or removal. The helix or spiral and twist formation of the griping tabs permits easy removal of the tubing by rotating the tubing counter-clockwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20130168505
    Abstract: A process turning disc includes a first flange configured to support a cable package in a first direction and a second flange configured to support a cable package in a second direction opposite to the first direction. A connecting member connected to the first and the second flanges is configured to support a cable package in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction. A cable guide is fastened to the process turning disc in a detachable manner and includes a cable clamp configured to support a cable package in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction. The cable guide further includes two sliding surfaces configured to support a cable package in the first and the second directions outside of the cable clamp. A bending movement of the cable package is thereby allowed in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the process turning disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: Joachim Ljungkvist
  • Publication number: 20130099067
    Abstract: A mounting system for tubular structures within a wing structure provides for positioning of the tubular structure as it passes through wing ribs. The system provides for electrostatic protection from discharges between the rib and the tubular structure, and accommodates offset tubular positioning. A mounting flange is attached to an aperture in the wing rib, and the tubular structure is inserted through an aperture in the mounting flange. Once the tubular structure is positioned, a cushion mount comprising two pieces is inserted into the flange structure, holding the tubular structure in position in the mounting flange. The cushion mount may have a concentric aperture or an offset aperture to accommodate an offset positioned tubular structure in the wind rib aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Hansom, James P. Irwin, Nathan Michael Kelley
  • Patent number: 8420943
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an electrical wiring grommet. In one aspect, an electrical wiring grommet includes a body mounting portion, a closure panel mounting portion and a flexible conduit portion extending between the body mounting portion and the closure panel mounting portion. The flexible conduit portion includes a longitudinally extending body contact segment having a circumference, the circumference having a first circumferential portion and a second circumferential portion. The first circumferential portion includes a corrugated surface having a plurality of ridges with a first ridge height, and the second circumferential portion includes a corrugated surface having a plurality of ridges with a second ridge height less than the first ridge height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuan La, Bert Weinert
  • Patent number: 8413734
    Abstract: A fire sprinkler support assembly includes a leg configured to extend transverse to each of a pair of adjacent parallel spaced beams. The leg includes levered clamp assemblies that are configured for connecting and supporting each end of the leg to a corresponding one of the beams. The levered clamp assemblies include a first plate and a second plate, each plate configured to straddle the beam. The levered clamp assemblies also include a lever assembly. The lever assembly includes a rod passing through corresponding rod openings in the first and second plates, and a lever pivotally connected to one end of the rod. The lever includes a cam surface disposed adjacent to the first plate. The lever assembly is configured to reduce spacing between the plates upon actuation of the lever, whereby the leg is secured to the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Flexhead Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul S. F. Silcox, Peter M. MacDonald, Norman J. MacDonald, III
  • Patent number: 8387927
    Abstract: A cable positioning bracket is provided for mounting to a building component, e.g. a wall stud. The bracket has an anchor plate for being connected to the broad surface of the building component and a pair of side plates for being connected to the narrow surface of the building component. A pair of platforms are positioned adjacent to a slot for supporting one or more cables. A series of opposed tabs are provided in several embodiments, the tabs oriented to engage and support one or more cables. One side plate pivots away from the building component by means of a hinge plate to insert the cable or cables. The tabs in one embodiment are formed with side strips surrounding a window, the strips allowing arcuate bending of the tabs to minimize fatigue failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Inventor: Lewis B. Medlin, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130048796
    Abstract: The present invention is a dock for electrical cords and cables. It comprises a truncated cylinder made of an elastomeric material, having an elliptical base and a circular face. A slit is formed in the longer side of the dock and an axial bore is present, allowing the dock to flex and accommodate various cords. Ideally, the slit is wider at the base, forming a passage, and the circular face is concave, allowing for larger numbers and sizes of cords and cord heads to be contained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: JUPITER IP, LLC
    Inventor: Robin Peng
  • Publication number: 20130043355
    Abstract: A cable binding device includes a number of spaced plates. A receiving slot is defined between every two adjacent plates. Two latches extend from the outer surface of an outermost one of the plates of the cable binding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD
    Inventors: AN-GANG LIANG, HUNG-YI WU
  • Patent number: 8376171
    Abstract: Detachable nose faceplate. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems including: a faceplate that defines a front side, a back side and a nose aperture, the faceplate configured to removably attach to a surface; a nose portion that defines a top side, a bottom side, a nose edge and a lip that outlines a portion of the bottom side; and a passage defined between the faceplate and the nose edge. The nose portion is both: configured to couple to the faceplate in a first configuration in which the nose portion protrudes through the nose aperture in the direction of the front side of the faceplate and the lip abuts the back side of the faceplate; and configured to couple to the faceplate in a second configuration in which the nose portion protrudes in the direction of the back side of the faceplate and the lip abuts the back side of the faceplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Electronic Custom Distributors, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Provenzano, Michael Leung
  • Patent number: 8378238
    Abstract: Bush to be arranged between two fitting elements for passing through cables, lines or the like in protected fashion, comprising an elongate, hose-shaped bush body (10) with a substantially linearly running central section (11) and heads (12, 13) at the ends, wherein the heads (12, 13) form a first inner circumferential face (20) at their open ends and a latching device (14, 15) for knocking the bush into installation openings in the fitting elements (M) is formed on each of the heads (12, 13) and integrally therewith, which latching device has a circumferential web (16) with at least one latching hook (17), which is formed thereon and has at least one radially outer latching tab (18), wherein the web forms a second inner circumferential face (19) opposite the latching tab (18), characterized in that the bush body (11) is formed from rubber and the latching devices (14, 15); are formed from hard-elastic plastic, and in that at least one of the second inner circumferential faces (19) is configured in such a way
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johann Brunner, Erich Blumberg
  • Patent number: 8376287
    Abstract: A clamp assembly is disclosed for detachably retaining a curved laying pipe along the correspondingly curved edge of an auger support plate in a rolling mill laying head. The clamp assembly comprises a boss fixed to and projecting from the curved edge of the support plate. The boss has a first opening extending therethrough and an exterior support surface. A generally U-shaped clamp has a bridging web joining mutually spaced cheeks with second openings extending therethrough. The cheeks are configured and arranged to straddle the boss with their second openings in alignment with the first opening in the boss, and with the bridging web coacting with the exterior support surface of the boss to confine a segment of the laying pipe therebetween. A pin extends in an inserted position through the aligned first and second openings in the boss and the cheeks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventor: Jianping Zhang
  • Patent number: 8371540
    Abstract: A cable positioning bracket is provided for mounting to a building component, e.g. a wall stud. The bracket has an anchor plate for being connected to the broad surface of the building component and a pair of side plates for being connected to the narrow surface of the building component. A pair of platforms carry a series of opposed tabs that are oriented to engage and support one or more cables. One side plate pivots away from the building component by means of a hinge plate to insert the cable or cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Inventor: Lewis B. Medlin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8367944
    Abstract: A cable and flexible conduit gland for securing a cable and a flexible conduit to a box member is disclosed to include a casing having a middle stop flange extending around the periphery thereof, a first fastening member and a second fastening member formed integral with the periphery thereof and respectively disposed at two opposite sides relative to the middle stop flange ad and a tapered inner surface portion located on the inside wall, a collar inserted into the casing and having a tapered front extension fitting the tapered inner surface of the casing, an elastic packing ring stopped against the rear end of the collar, and a holding-down cap fastened to the first fastening member of the casing to hold down the collar and the packing ring and to lock the inserted flexible conduit and cable together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: AVC Industrial Corp.
    Inventor: Jiun-Wei Chiou
  • Publication number: 20130001371
    Abstract: A holder includes a first block having a stopper and a first restrained section and being made from the material which have the insulating property; a second block having a second restrained section and being made from the material which have the insulating property; and a restraining member, wherein the fixed member is surrounded to be sandwiched using the first block and the second block, the first and the second blocks are inserted into a through hole of the base member until the stopper comes in contact with the base member and the blocks are prevented from entering, and the first restrained section and the second restrained section protruding from the through hole are restrained by the restraining member so that the fixed member is fixed to the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Hamamoto
  • Patent number: 8336832
    Abstract: A metal casing strip for a fire collar to be arranged around a duct has a line of successive tongues and cutouts in the longitudinal direction of the strip. The tongues and cutouts are arranged in the strip in an alternating fashion. The tongues are bendable out of the surface of the casing strip such that in use, when the casing strip is arranged around a pipe such that two end regions overlap, an outwardly bended tongue from the one end region is inserted in a cutout of the overlapping other end region and folded over the edge of the cutout to retain the casing strip in the closed collar shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: J. Van Walraven Holding B.V., Rolf Kuhn GmbH
    Inventors: Jan van Walraven, Jurgen Wied
  • Publication number: 20120318933
    Abstract: A modular cable tie-down bracket is provided. The cable tie-down bracket includes a pipe adapter mounting portion and a cable mounting portion integrally formed with the pipe adapter mounting portion. Further, the pipe adapter mounting portion is configured to be mounted to a pipe adapter and the cable mounting portion is configured to mount a cable. A cable mounting assembly is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Eddie Kimbrell, Ted Lichoulas
  • Patent number: 8314337
    Abstract: In a grommet fitted around a wire harness wired in a vehicle, and mounted in a through hole of a vehicle body panel, a radially outward extending portion is provided on an outer peripheral surface at an end of a small diameter cylinder portion, in which the wire harness is tightly inserted. A large diameter cylinder portion is connected to an outer peripheral end of the radially outward extending portion. An annular stretchable portion is provided at a portion connecting the small diameter cylinder portion to the radially outward extending portion. A step is provided on an inner peripheral surface at a boundary position between the small diameter cylinder portion and the stretchable portion, such that a thickness of the stretchable portion is thinner than a thickness of the small diameter cylinder portion. An annular rib is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the boundary position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Fujita
  • Patent number: 8299364
    Abstract: A grommet includes a smaller diameter tubular section, an increasing diameter tubular section, and a larger diameter tubular section. The smaller diameter tubular section is connected through the increasing diameter tubular section to the larger diameter tubular section in an axial direction. A U-shape folded portion is provided on a connecting portion (a middle diameter tubular section) between the smaller diameter tubular section and the increasing diameter tubular section. A flap section that spreads conically toward the increasing diameter tubular section is provided on an outer periphery of the smaller diameter tubular section or an outer periphery of the folded portion. The folded portion is stretched straightly when the grommet is inserted into a through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Suzuki, Morihiko Toyozumi
  • Patent number: 8288667
    Abstract: A double-packing cable and flexible conduit gland for securing a cable and a flexible conduit to a box member, including a casing having a tapered inner surface portion and a first outer thread, a packing member inserted into the casing and defining a first packing segment compressible to clamp on the flexible conduit, a second packing segment compressible to clamp on the cable, an annular retaining rib protruded from an inside wall thereof for engaging the grooved periphery of the flexible conduit and a beveled end edge located on one end of the first packing segment remote from the second packing segment, and a holding-down cap threaded onto the first outer thread of the casing to hold down the packing member on the flexible conduit and the cable together and having a beveled edge disposed on the inside and stopped against the beveled end edge of the packing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: AVC Industrial Corp.
    Inventor: Jiun-Wei Chiou